Sr. Fraud Strategy Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Set Fraud Strategy & Coverage: Define fraud prevention strategy across real-time payment channels, including risk appetite and control coverage.
• Own Real-Time Decisioning: Design and manage fraud rules, decision logic, and detection strategies within real-time decisioning platforms.
• Lead Platform & Capability Build: Drive enhancements and implementation of fraud rules engines and decisioning platforms in partnership with engineering.
• Optimize Performance Outcomes: Monitor and improve fraud detection, false positives, and client friction through ongoing control tuning and performance management.
• Leverage Data & Models: Use analytics and model insights to identify trends, refine strategies, and improve detection effectiveness.
• Partner Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations to embed fraud controls into customer journeys and new product launches.
• Ensure Strong Governance: Maintain disciplined control testing, monitoring, and adherence to risk and regulatory standards.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
• Expertise in: Account takeover, social engineering, and transaction fraud risks within retirement and workplace channels
• Proven experience managing real-time fraud decisioning environments and rules strategies
• Strong experience partnering across Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations
• Technical & Analytical Skills
• Expertise in fraud rules engines / decisioning platforms
• Strong analytical capabilities (data analysis, segmentation, performance optimization)
• Working knowledge of fraud models / machine learning concepts and model governance
• Ability to translate data into actionable fraud strategies and business decisions
• Strong experience with analytical tools such as Python, R, SAS, SQL, and platforms such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Leadership & Communication
• Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills.
• Highly collaborative with a track record of driving alignment across teams.
• Special Factors
• Sponsorship
• Vanguard is offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

Preferred Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.